Strong interest in quality female lines

Nick McKimmie, Tallangatta with his client, Phillip Paton, "Kinnoull", Tallangatta, and the pen of 33 Hereford steers weighing 509kg sold for $1635.

Local restockers were particularly active at the Wodonga store sale on Thursday when 3004 mixed quality cattle were yarded.

The offering was dominated by black cattle with few Herefords, composites or European breeds penned.

The sale was quoted as being “fully firm with extra interest in the quality female lines,” by Peter Ruaro Rodwells director, Peter Ruaro.

Young steers sold from $950 to top at $1380, with lighter weights selling to $860 for 13 Angus which weighed 170 kilogram.

Older steers sold from $1110 to $1635.

Young heifers sold from $940 to $1400, while pregnancy-tested-in-calf (PTIC) females sold from $1575 to $1860.

Rodney Wolter, "Hillview", Walwa, with his granddaughter Ava Wolter and the pen of 15 Angus cows with calves he bought for $2725.

Cows with calves sold to $2900.

Among the pens of young steers, Doug Stevenson, Tallangatta, Victoria, sold 20 Angus, weighing 334kg, for $1380 while the Sargent family, Table Top also received $1380 for their pen of 12 Angus, Rossrich-blood, weighing 375kg.

The cows had been used as recipient dams in an embryo-transfer program for the Schoen family in building the quality of their young Orlanga Angus stud, and the sale was an opportunity to cash in on the good prices and sell surplus stock.